Well, if pdfs have been exchanged--something not mentioned before--there is hardly any 'fog of war' remaining. Count me out. Now you guys can really blast Frank, since by erosion you can find out where he is. It is called 'Order of Battle' intelligence.
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From: Middle Earth PBM Games <me@MiddleEarthGames.com>
Reply-To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Re: 2-1 Let the game end
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:45:07 +0100At 15:56 22/04/03, you wrote:
> > I have let Frank carry on as it his right to do so. If you (or
> >any others) want to take up nations in game 41 please get back to
> >me off list and I will send on the turns as requested.
>
>Clint,** So far I have not heard - note we often allow players to pick up nations
in this way.>We have a couple players that are going to drop out of disgust and
>distate for this game. Are you going to fill their positions or are
>you going to just fill the other side because they had more drops in
>order to make it a more even game?
>
>Before the "final turn" was processed the DS and previous FP players
>got together and traded PDFs which Frank was included in so he has
>our PDFs right now, but of course he didn't share his...*** I don't like it but those are the rules and I have to be impartial here.
> >Generally I assume that the TC speaks on behalf of the team - saves
> >a lot of confusion (for us and the teams). In this case the TC
> >surrendered on behalf of the team which in every case before hand I
> >took to be a team drop.
>
>So did we when we asked you guys whether we needed to send in final
>turns and you said NO. Then we find we have 9 out of 12 nations
>that didn't send in orders but the game is still continuing because
>of 1 player.*** I have commented on this to your TC already. Please be patient whilst
he disseminates the information and the solution that I have
suggested. With specific problems I prefer to take the discussion off list.> >When we received Frank's orders (after contacting him to be sure
> >that's what he wanted) we run the game - unfortunately I was away
> >on the day so wasn't able to clearly implement our policy here but
> >I think it got sorted correctly.
>
>You have 12 players that STRONGLY disagree with you.*** We're following procedure here. We're not the bad guys here
either. Players have the right to play the game within certain criteria
and so far none of those have been broken.Clint
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